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J. J. PINKHAM.

COMBINED HOOK AND BUGKLE.

N0. 353,462. Patented Nov. 30, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES J. PINKHAM, OF STILLWVATER, MONTANA TERRITORY.

COMBINED HOOK AND BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,462, dated November30, 1886,

Application filed August 19, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J Anus J PINKHAM, of Stillwater, in the county ofYellowstone and Territory of Montana, have invented a new and ImprovedCombined Hook and Buckle,of which the following is a specification,reference being bad to the annexed drawings, in Which Figure 1 is afrontelevation of my improved combined hook and buckle. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation, and Fig. 8 is a perspective view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, eheap,andinexpensivecoinbined hook and buckle for use in connection with saddles,harness, binding-chains, 850.

My invention consists of a hook formed of a wire bent into a loop,withits ends bent parallel with each other, then backward toward the loop,and provided at their extremities with eyes for receiving thepintleofthetongue, and a tongue provided with an eye received on the pintle andarranged to rest on theloop.

The wire of which the main portion of the buckle is made is bent to forman oblong loop, A, with parallel arms aprojecting fIOlll one of thelonger sides of the loop, and curved over toward the loop A, andprovided at their eX- treinities with eyes I). The tongue B is formed ofa wire pointed at one end and provided with an eye, 0, at the oppositeend, and the eye 0 of the tongue is placed between the eyes bof the armsa, and the wire 03, forming the pin- Scrial No. 211,279. (No inodeh tleof the buckle, is inserted in the eyes I) and 5 c, and its ends are bentover upon the outer surfaces of'the eyes b,to retain all the parts ofthe buckle in proper relation with each other. The arms (6,1)(311l3ll'lthe manner describedform a double hook for the reception of the link of40 a chain, a ring, a wire loop or a wire rope, while the tongue B maybe used in the same manner as other buckle-tongues for engagement withthe strap, a ring, a link of a chain, or a loop in a wire cord or rope.

My improved buckle is useful for applieation to harness and saddles, andfor the temporary repairing of straps,chains, and various kinds ofrigging.

It is obvious that my improved buckle may 5 be made of cast metal,slightly altering the proportions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and dcsiretosecure by Letters Patent, is

A combined hook and buckle made of wire bent to form an oblong loop, A,with arms a pro jecting from one of the longer sidesthereof,bent overtoward the loop and provided with eyes I), the'buckle tongue formed by awire pointed 60 at one end and having an eye, 0, on the oppo; site end,and a wire, d, passing through the eyes b c and bent over upon the eyesI), substantially as shown and described. 7

4 JAMES J. PINKHAM.

Witnesses:

O. H. COUNTRYMAN, O. T. COUNTRYMAN.

